Joanna Watterson

• PhD Candidate in Urban Geography, University of Cambridge

Joanna Jasmine Watterson is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Her research is on South Africa's infrastructural transitions, with a primary focus on governance (on the state and city levels) and energy justice amidst off-grid transitions and evolving policy frameworks and legislation. Previously, she worked on the Off-Grid Cities Project, based between the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and universities in South Africa and the UK, researching the social justice implications of elite secession from infrastructure networks in South Africa. Beyond her research, Joanna is the Programme Coordinator for a global educational programme, Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice, working with partners to deliver training to current and future law and policy experts in climate vulnerable countries. Previously, she has worked with National Energy Action, a UK-wide non-profit supporting people at risk of or experiencing fuel poverty through front line interventions and policy advocacy.

• –present PhD Candidate in Urban Geography, University of Cambridge

• University of Cambridge, PhD
• 2021 University of Cambridge, MPhil
• 2020 Royal Holloway, University of London, BA(Hons)

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